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bowman(dictionary)
Bowman, Sir William(encyclopedia)
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Bowman's membrane (medicine) and Freyja (sh)


Bowman's membrane (medicine)


Bowman's membrane -->
anterior limiting layer of cornea


A transparent homogeneous acellular layer, 6 to 9 um thick, lying between the basal lamina of the outer layer of stratified epithelium and the substantia propria of the cornea; considered to be a basement membrane.

Synonym: lamina limitans anterior corneae, anterior elastic layer, Bowman's membrane, lamina elastica anterior, limiting layers of cornea.


Freyja (sh)




Most important Norse goddess, one of a group of fertility deities called Vanir.

Her father was the sea god Nj?rd, and her brother and male counterpart was Freyr. She was the goddess of battle and death as well as love and fertility. Half the heroes slain in battle went to her domain, Folkvangr, the Other half to Odin's Valhalla. She taught a powerful Magic to the Aesir, probably involving sexuality.